Hi!
I’m new to Wappler. Thanks for helping me out. It’s taking me a bit of learning curve, and then I started wondering if it would even work for me.
I’ve been reading in the community forum about whether or not Wappler is a good match for what I’m trying to do. I’ve seen it suggested that people just say what they website/app is going to do and then people can advise whether Wappler is a good choice.
So, I’m basically making an Uber clone. But it’s for home services. For instance, someone clicks “fix my garage door” and then one of the large group of users who can fix garage doors is requested to go.
They are paid.
Etc.
So, it’s a lot of server side scheduling, deciding which professional will be dispatched, etc. Think Uber, just for home stuff.
Yes this can be done quite easily solely within Wappler. We provide a Support portal which runs alongside the same type of principles, and works very well for all involved. Multi tier user system with assignments and scheduling, to-dos, tasks, etc. All components are Wappler based (on the Pro Plan). Not too difficult to code, quite straight forward. Low maintenance and footprint, very quick.
Does it work well with hitting up API’s?
When someone signs up I need to hit a real estate API and grab sq ft of lot and things like that. Then I perform calculations to see how much it will cost before I dispatch someone.
That was my question too. After delving into Wappler more, it seems the answer is yes. . Still reading the docs, want to know what I’m doing before starting a trial.
Yes API connectivity is straight forward with the inbuilt API functionality of Wappler. Maybe a little CORS adjustments here and there but with the latest release this is easy to manage.
For some reason, though I’ve gone over and over the docs, I’m having trouble wrapping my mind around how the database connections work inside Wappler. Pretty basic, huh? I don’t know why it’s confusing for me - I used to manually code db connections. lol
Very simple to connect to a wide range of databases within Wappler. Simply enter the connection details, save them, they are then reusable within your Projects, from one to several, or as many as you please, multiple db connections in the same actions, spread across actions, and or whatever combinations you can think of, all are possible and extremely simple. A quick test of the connection uploads the required files to your host and away you go. Within minutes you can connect.
I can’t figure out why, once I click on “Database Manager” and add my Database (MySQL/Maria) it connects fine… .but then whenever I add a database “action” or something on the page it asks me to reenter my database information (all of it, username, pass, etc)
For some reason I don’t know why but connections added in the database manager are not available as connections within actions, maybe @Teodor can explain that? You will need to create a new connection in the Action itself (and tick the little chain icon to link it), this will then be available to you for use in further actions.
It’s taking me a bit of learning curve, and then I started wondering if it would even work for me.
. Still reading the docs, want to know what I’m doing before starting a trial.